This author shows a bit of exasperation caused by the current crop of programming languages. No popular language around today seems fit for high integrity systems. I think with some changes, improvements and restrictions D may become fit for this small but important niche:

http://blog.kickin-the-darkness.com/2010/12/defensive-programming-fortran-ada-c.html

Bye,
bearophile

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS@lycos.com> wrote in message news:ielcv6$1n9d$1@digitalmars.com...
> This author shows a bit of exasperation caused by the current crop of programming languages. No popular language around today seems fit for high integrity systems. I think with some changes, improvements and restrictions D may become fit for this small but important niche:
>
> http://blog.kickin-the-darkness.com/2010/12/defensive-programming-fortran-ada-c.html
>

Now *this* is "offensive programming": ;)

http://www.semiologic.com/2005/04/27/fuckfuck/